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` WILLIAM WILLHIDELOF FETTERMAN, v'WES'I VIRGINA.

Letters Patent No. 95,398, dated Septembe 28, 1869.

-*edv* IMPRQVED Tins-Barmen.

The Schedule referred t`o in these Letters Patent and making part of.the name.

To all whom, t't may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILLHIDE, ofFetterman, in the county of Taylor, and State of West Vir# ginia, haveinvented a new and improved Tire-Bender; and I do hereby deelarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference heing'had to the accompanyingdrawingamakinga part of this specifi--; cation, in which- Fignre 1 is avertical section.

-Figure 2 is a top View.

The object of this inventionis to provide a simple, convenient, andeiective apparatus for the purpose' of' bending tires, and othermetallic hars.

In the drawings- A is the base plate.

B is a stout standard attached thereto.

C is a lever, pvoted near the upper-end of standard' B, and providedwith eccentric cams c c', of -diierent sizesl and shapes, on each side.

e e are pins on th`e lever, near the end ofthe cam's, under which oneend of the shown in the drawings.

G is a slotted plate yor lever, pivoted to standard B, at b,.andprovided with 'one or more pins g, under which the end of the tireextends, which pins may be adjusted in different positions at pleasure.

tire or bar is held, as

lhe-tire is inserted under the pin .on lever O,- and its outer end underthe pin g, the part G being nearly or quite erect atthe time. n

The lever O is then brought down, bending the 'tire over the cam c ort', and causing it to conform to the curve of the cam.

After Ithis, the part G may be forced ldown to the binding the tire narymechanical skill-' Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-4 ters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement of the levers O G, having the cams andpins, with lthe supporting frame A B, when the several parts areconstructed to operate together', substantially as and for the purposesspeciiied. l I

, WM. WILLHIDE.-

Witnesses:

J. M. ScRoerIN,` F. J. CATHER'.

